# SDR CA951221022

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 20, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Boeing 727171C
- System (JASC): [3451 · DME/TACAN System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3451)
- Part: Capacitor
- Part number: A7C1
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Nr 1 Dme
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: H
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA951221022

## Discrepancy

(CAN)DURING FLIGHT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE #1 DME WAS NO LONGER COUNTING MILEAGE. THE SYSTEM HAD LOCATED THE STATION SELECTED AND HAD A IDENT BUT WOULD NOT INDICATE DISTANCE. DME CHANGED. A7C1 CAPACITOR HA D SHORTED.

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